First Thursdays gears up for Round 2 in Durango

“Casco” is a sample of the handmade paper art of Christen Weathers, who will be the featured artist at Earthen Vessel Gallery at First Thursdays.

Courtesy of Earthen Vessel

“Casco” is a sample of the handmade paper art of Christen Weathers, who will be the featured artist at Earthen Vessel Gallery at First Thursdays.

Several downtown galleries will host special events for the second First Thursdays art walk:

Durango Arts Center (802 East Second Ave.) A preview of HOT! 50th Anniversary of Studio Glass in the Barbara Conrad Gallery; also “Recently Domesticated,” works by Heather Leavitt Martinez in the upstairs Art Library and new work by Myrick and Linda Pampinella in the Fifth Corner Photo Gallery.

Gallery 530 (530 Main Ave.) Celebrate the bicycle as art and a way of life with “Big Bike Love,” photos and prints of bicycle images by Mary Kenez and Dieter Runge. Also on display are paintings and sculptures by Manny Valenzuela and Caitlin Connaughton, and clay mono-prints by Kay Harper Roberts.